Bermane Stiverne has worn the WBC heavyweight title once owned by Mike Tyson, and he’s backing his fellow ruler to get the job done this weekend against Jake Paul.
Iron Mike will step back into the ring as a professional for the first time in almost two decades when he competes against the popular YouTuber-turned-fighter.
The New Yorker enters the contest as a significant underdog due to his age and duration away from the ring, but still has many within the boxing community backing him.
At 58, Tyson is competing in a high-profile fight at an age when he should be content in retirement, against a man more than three decades his junior at 27.
But despite the massive age gap, Tyson will still carry plenty of power and knowledge, and it is those attributes that give his supporters some belief.
Stiverne, who had two memorable battles with Deontay Wilder with heavyweight glory on the line, is eager to see Tyson get the win.
"A dangerous fight would be against a real fighter so I don’t believe Mike Tyson will be in danger whatsoever,” said Stiverne when speaking to Baccart.net .
“When he fought Roy Jones Jr, he was 54 years old, and he looked good so if that’s the same Mike Tyson for this fight then I don’t think it will last more than six rounds.
“In the first half of the fight, the younger guy is going to come out to try and impose himself, but I see Mike working his body and dragging him into deep water from early on in the fight.
"Mike is a lot older, but he still has the ambition to fight and has bad intentions. He still hits the pads hard, looks great on the pads and it’s not like he fighting somebody who is a live opponent.
"Mike is taking this fight seriously and I don’t see in any way how he loses this fight against Jake Paul.”
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